Hello everyone!
Today’s video is all about how I take notes in the new 2018 ipad.
Before we jump into that, I have partnered with Amino to host a new giveaway to start
the month off with the right foot.
Studying Amino is a great app for students because it features an enthusiastic community
that shares their study experiences through blog entries, quizzes, polls and live chats.
In Amino you can find new study buddies to help you out with your studies, make questions
that can be answered live and share your notes.
In your feed you can find posts full of study tips, pictures of notes and even polls and
quizzes where you can participate.
You can also use the community’s Live Layer to know what people are doing.
In this moment, you can see that 43 people are chatting and 24 are voting in polls.
There’s always something going on and you can partake in all of those activities anytime.
You can also live chat via text, voice or avatar chat with students from all around
the world.
To enter the giveaway all you need to do is join Studying Amino and share a picture of
your notes with the hashtag MarianasStudyCorner.
The winner will be randomly picked so everyone has a chance to win.
The challenge will run until May 15 and I will contact the winner afterwards.
In this video I was taking notes on my Health Law materials for the class I would have the
day afterwards so I created a new notebook on the Goodnotes app so I could make sure
all of the notes were nice and organized.
I prefer to use the grid template in the Goodnotes app just like I do with paper.
Since these notes were a short outline I decided to use the minimalistic notes approach that
I talked about in one of my videos, which I will link down below in case you’re curious.
Basically, each topic is divided in sentences that are the consequence of one another so
that each essential part of the topic is isolated for better memorization.
This means that if one sentence or concept is composed by five elements, I will separate
them into separate sentences via an outline scheme or mindmap form.
Regarding colors, I am not using a particular color scheme for this so I just pick the colors
for highlighting that I feel like using.
One tip for highlighting in Goodnotes is to use the geometry tool so you can make sure
that you always get a straight line when you are highlighting.
Regarding pros and cons of ipad Notes, I think that one of the first things I can mention
is the incredible ability to customize notes without having that stress of making mistakes.
It’s like having the best of handwritten notes and the best of typing notes – on
one hand, you have that traditional feeling of handwriting and being creative with a pen
without having that sense that you need an artistic talent to create notes, as the software
gives you tools to help you make straight lines… and the undo button is always there
for you.
The ability to export everything neatly into PDF files allows you to print your notes in
case you prefer it that way.
If you want to help the environment, however, the iPad is a great device to read as long
as you adjust your brightness as you can snuggle comfortable in your couch like you were holding
a book.
The bad part of taking notes on an iPad in comparison to typing your notes is the speed.
I definitely cannot get the same speed while handwriting that I have when typing so for
my hardest classes, I still take my laptop to university with me.
However, besides having to rely on a battery, I really see no issues in writing on an iPad
in comparison to handwriting your notes.
Although you make the initial investment, you end up saving a ton on paper and office
supplies and get to adopt a more minimalistic and paperless lifestyle.
You still get the same freedom as writing on paper and the possibilities are endless
depending on the type of software you are using.
One thing that I loved doing again was the ability to create mindmaps and doodles on
the go.
I am a very visual person so although I like the ability to get all the information I can
get into my typed notes on laptop, I always feel like my mind connects the dots better
when I can draw arrows, maps and circle things.
Goodnotes is a very simple note taking app but if you are into OneNote, the apple pencil
gives it a whole new perspective and the ability to create notebooks, tabs, record audio, insert
pdfs and then synch it between all of your devices is such a powerful tool.
My current problem with OneNote is that I rely heavily into exporting to PDF or word
and I still can’t find an easy way to export everything the way I want to.
However, I defiinintely want to try out new apps for the ipad such as Notability and a
ton of other apps that you guys commented on my video last week so I will keep you updated
with reviews when I get a chance to try them out.
In fact one thing that I think I will prefer with Notability and that I’m not enjoying
in Goodnotes is that in Goodnotes you have to swipe left and right to flip through your
pages while I prefer scrolling up and down like you’d normally do on a computer.
Here I am just exporting this page to my folder so I can then access the document in my computer
via iCloud or even if I want to review those notes before class.
If you have been around for a while you know I’ve wanted to launch a campaign to start
raising funds to improve education all over the world so I contacted Pencils of Promise
and partnered with them to launch multiple campaigns to raise money to build new schools
in underdeveloped countries.
If you want to contribute all you need to do is go to the campaign Represent page Build
a Study Corner and buy a t-shirt.
100% of profits will be contributed to Pencils of Promise each month.
If you prefer, you can also make a one-time donation over at their website.
I will link all of that below so you can get started.
I have also officially moved my Bookclub over to Goodreads!
Over there we can build an official bookclub library, you guys can create your own discussions
topics without needing prior approval, create your reading challenges, events and so on.
This month’s book has already been picked and you have until June 1st to read it.
All information will be down below.
I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s video and I will see you next week.
Bye!